Birmingham vs Bristol Rovers

14 December 2024 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee S Stockbridge

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Lee Buchanan 6’
  • Jay Stansfield 38’ (pen)

Match summary

Birmingham won 2-0 at home to Bristol Rovers. Birmingham led 2-0 at half-time.

Lee Buchanan put Birmingham ahead from a corner in the 6th minute and Jay Stansfield made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 38th minute.

Shots finished 26-3 to Birmingham, with 8 on target for Birmingham and 1 for Bristol Rovers.

Match stats

Birmingham Bristol Rovers
26 Shots 3
8 Shots on Target 1
8 Corners 0
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Birmingham Bristol Rovers
Kick-off
Lee Buchanan1-0 (Birmingham)
6’
Jay Stansfield
Penalty
2-0 (Birmingham)
38’
Half-time2-0
Full-time2-0

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bristol Rovers attacking Birmingham attacking 
1’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, off target 6’ Lee Buchanan (Birmingham), from a corner, goal 9’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, saved 10’ Keshi Anderson (Birmingham), open play, blocked 10’ Krystian Bielik (Birmingham), from a corner, off target 19’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), from a corner, off target 22’ Keshi Anderson (Birmingham), open play, blocked 30’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, off target 37’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, blocked 38’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), penalty, goal 43’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, off target 43’ Clinton Mola (Bristol Rovers), set piece, saved 44’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, blocked 45’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, saved 46’ Seung Ho Paik (Birmingham), open play, off target 46’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, blocked 46’ Seung Ho Paik (Birmingham), open play, saved 52’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, blocked 59’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, blocked 60’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, blocked 63’ Ben Davies (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 65’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, saved 74’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, saved 74’ Isaac Hutchinson (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target 80’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, off target 84’ Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham), open play, off target 89’ Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham), from a corner, saved 89’ Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 90+2’ Shaqai Forde (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target 1’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, off target 6’ Lee Buchanan (Birmingham), from a corner, goal 9’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, saved 10’ Keshi Anderson (Birmingham), open play, blocked 10’ Krystian Bielik (Birmingham), from a corner, off target 19’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), from a corner, off target 22’ Keshi Anderson (Birmingham), open play, blocked 30’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, off target 37’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, blocked 38’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), penalty, goal 43’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, off target 43’ Clinton Mola (Bristol Rovers), set piece, saved 44’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, blocked 45’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, saved 46’ Seung Ho Paik (Birmingham), open play, off target 46’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, blocked 46’ Seung Ho Paik (Birmingham), open play, saved 52’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, blocked 59’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, blocked 60’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, blocked 63’ Ben Davies (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 65’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, saved 74’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, saved 74’ Isaac Hutchinson (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target 80’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, off target 84’ Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham), open play, off target 89’ Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham), from a corner, saved 89’ Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 90+2’ Shaqai Forde (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Krystian Bielik Taken off
79′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Lee Buchanan Taken off
67′ 1 – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 5 – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Keshi Anderson Taken off
85′ – – 2 – – – –
Alfie May Taken off
79′ – – 3 – – – –
Jay Stansfield Taken off
78′ 1 – 8 – – – –
Ethan Laird Came on as a substitute
23′ – – – – – – –
Luke Harris Came on as a substitute
12′ – – – – – – –
Taylor Gardner-Hickman Came on as a substitute
11′ – – – – – – –
Lukas Jutkiewicz Came on as a substitute
11′ – – 3 – – – –
Marc Leonard Came on as a substitute
5′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Birmingham win 78% Avg odds 1.20
Draw 15% Avg odds 6.33
Bristol Rovers win 7% Avg odds 12.78

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.